Refactor text wrapping and prefix logic to use `textwrap` and `unicode-width` crates

[sourcery-ai]

Context

The current implementation for text wrapping and prefix handling involves custom tokenization and manual logic, which increases code complexity and maintenance burden. The suggestion is to replace this with the textwrap and unicode-width crates, which are well-tested and handle Unicode, word boundaries, and hyphens more robustly.

Proposed Improvements

1. Replace Custom Tokenization and Wrapping:

   • Remove the tokenize_markdown and wrap_preserving_code custom logic.
   • Use textwrap's wrap function with appropriate options (e.g., break_words(false) and UnicodeBreakWordSeparator) to handle word boundaries and Unicode correctly.

2. Consolidate Prefix Handling:

   • Merge the logic of append_wrapped_with_prefix and handle_prefix_line into a single helper function (e.g., wrap_with_prefix).
   • Compute the available width once, wrap the text, and then prepend the prefix or indent as needed for each line.

3. Simplify Main Loop:

   • In the main wrapping function (e.g., wrap_text), call the new wrap_with_prefix helper instead of the old manual functions.
   • Remove all manual tokenization and buffer-flushing code.

Benefits

• Reduces code size from ~400 lines to ~50 lines.
• Leverages well-tested libraries for Unicode and word handling.
• Maintains all existing test cases unchanged.

Suggested Action Items

• Refactor the codebase to use textwrap and unicode-width for wrapping and prefix handling.
• Remove obsolete custom tokenization and wrapping logic.
• Ensure all existing tests pass after the refactor.
• Add/Update documentation to reflect the new implementation.

Example Implementation

See the following code snippets for reference:

use textwrap::{wrap, Options};

fn wrap_preserving_code(text: &str, width: usize) -> Vec<String> {
    let opts = Options::new(width)
        .break_words(false)
        .word_separator(textwrap::word_separator::UnicodeBreakWordSeparator::new());
    wrap(text, &opts)
        .into_iter()
        .map(String::from)
        .collect()
}

use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr;

fn wrap_with_prefix(
    out: &mut Vec<String>,
    prefix: &str,
    text: &str,
    width: usize,
    repeat_prefix: bool,
) {
    let pw = UnicodeWidthStr::width(prefix);
    let avail = width.saturating_sub(pw).max(1);
    let lines = wrap_preserving_code(text, avail);

    for (i, line) in lines.into_iter().enumerate() {
        if i == 0 {
            out.push(format!("{prefix}{line}"));
        } else {
            let indent = if repeat_prefix {
                prefix.to_string()
            } else {
                " ".repeat(pw)
            };
            out.push(format!("{indent}{line}"));
        }
    }
}

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This refactor will greatly simplify the codebase and improve maintainability. Please consider implementing these changes.

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I created this issue for @leynos from #79 (comment).

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[leynos]

@coderabbitai looking at the codebase, is this issue still relevant? If the issue has been fixed in the code, does the documentation reflect this?

If it is still relevant, please provide an assessment of the issue criticality (critical, high, medium or low), based on risk of the issue impacting the user and the anticipated blast radius.

Once a decision has been made, apply the appropriate label.

If the issue is documentation ONLY (i.e., no code changes needed), apply the documentation label in addition to the appropriate criticality label.

Please also provide an impact of the required changes.

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@leynos, I've analysed the codebase and here's my assessment:

Issue Status: STILL RELEVANT ✅

The custom text wrapping implementation that this issue proposes to refactor is still present in the codebase. None of the suggested changes have been implemented yet.

Current State

• Custom logic remains: All the functions mentioned in the issue still exist:

  • tokenize_markdown in src/wrap/tokenize.rs (470 lines)
  • wrap_preserving_code in src/wrap/inline.rs (194 lines)
  • append_wrapped_with_prefix and handle_prefix_line in src/wrap/paragraph.rs (84 lines)
  • Total: ~1,706 lines in src/wrap/

• Dependencies: unicode-width is already present, but textwrap is NOT in Cargo.toml

Documentation Status

The README documents the --wrap feature for users, but there's no architecture documentation explaining the custom wrapping implementation. The code has good inline doc comments describing what each module does.

Criticality Assessment: LOW 🟢

Rationale:

• No user-facing bugs or functional defects
• Current implementation works correctly with extensive test coverage (396 lines of tests)
• This is a code quality and maintainability improvement, not a fix
• Risk to users: Minimal (behaviour is well-tested)
• Blast radius: Medium (touches core wrapping logic but well-contained within src/wrap/)

Impact of Required Changes

Positive Impact:

• Massive code reduction: From ~1,700 lines to potentially <100 lines (~94% reduction)
• Leverage battle-tested libraries: textwrap handles Unicode, word boundaries, and edge cases
• Reduced maintenance burden: Less custom code to maintain and debug
• Improved readability: Simpler, more declarative approach

Implementation Effort:

• Medium complexity (requires careful migration)
• Must ensure all 396 test cases continue to pass
• Need to verify edge cases match current behaviour

Risk:

• Low (tests provide safety net)
• Should be done incrementally with thorough testing

I've applied the low label to this issue as requested.